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3/21/16The Neophytes of Narratology embark on an ambitious analysis of Roland Barthes' S/Z, it being an ambitious analysis of Honore de Balzac's Sarrasine. In this episode, we build the framework for later discussions and apply the MOTS system to Sarrasine.

"Philosophy simply puts everything before us, and neither explains nor deduces anything. -- Since everything lies open to view there is nothing to explain. For what is hidden, for example, is of no interest to us. One might also give the name "philosophy" to what is possible before all new discoveries and inventions."